Before I die, Candy Chang

"When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building with chalkboard paint and wrote the words, "Before I die, I want to ____ ," she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon. Within a day of the wall's completion, however, it was covered in colorful chalk dreams as people stopped and reflected on their lives. Since then, more than two hundred walls have been created by people all over the world. This inspiring book is a celebration of these walls. Filled with our hopes, fears, humor, and heartbreak, it's a reminder of our shared connections and a chance to contemplate life's most important question"--

"When artist Candy Chang painted the side of an abandoned building with chalkboard paint and wrote the words, "Before I die, I want to ____ ," she never expected it to become a worldwide phenomenon. Within a day of the wall's completion, however, it was covered in colorful chalk dreams as people stopped and reflected on their lives. Since then, more than two hundred walls have been created by people all over the world. This inspiring book is a celebration of these walls. Filled with our hopes, fears, humor, and heartbreak, it's a reminder of our shared connections and a chance to contemplate life's most important question"--

An artist, designer, and urban planner, who posed the question "Before I die, I want to..." on the side of an abandoned building, never expecting it to become an international phenomenon, shares the hopes, fears, humor, and heartbreak from people who stopped and reflected on their lives